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Who gets to write about gay men? | Dazed

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From Heartstopper to Red, White and Royal Blue, many of the biggest books, shows and films about gay men are written neither by gay men nor, arguably, for them – does it matter? Eli Cugini weighs in

“The number of gay men I know who watched this? Zero,” says drag queen Trixie Mattel on Netflix’s “I Like to Watch”, sitting down to watch Heartstopper ’s second season. “The number of straight girls I know who watched this? Five million.” In the midst of the runaway success of Alice Oseman’s comic series and its TV adaptation, the largely positive response has occasionally given way to a slight unease: many of the biggest books, shows and films about gay men are written neither by gay men nor, arguably, for them. Meanwhile, lesbian media rarely enjoys the same boost in viewership that gay med

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